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Spot Forecast for Finley Command...Benton County Fire Dist.#1
National Weather Service Pendleton OR
1054 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 PDT on May 01.
***Thunderstorms imply gusty and erratic winds***
***Winds are 20 foot 10-minute averages***
***CWR-Chance of wetting rain 0.10 or greater***

If you have questions or concerns with this forecast, please
contact our office at (541) 276-8134.

.DISCUSSION...Dry weather with warm afternoon temperatures and
low RH is forecast through Friday. Overnight RH recovery is forecast
to be good. Winds are anticipated to be mostly 10 kts or less.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....39-42.
Max humidity........67-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......350-450 ft AGL early in the morning.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....68-71.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    north 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    north 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5600-6100 ft AGL by afternoon.
Transport winds.....Becoming east-northeast around 8 mph by late
                    morning and afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....41-44.
Max humidity........62-67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph overnight.
Ridgetop wind.......Becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 300-400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (50-60 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....75-78.
Min humidity........21-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    east-southeast 8 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Ridgetop wind.......South winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    east-southeast 8 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 7500-8000 ft AGL by afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 10 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Plunkett
Requested by...Aaron Bibe
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 05/01/24
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.EMAIL Aaron@Bentonone.org